Major Gift News

To help with wildfire recovery efforts in Telegraph Creek.

To provide free relief childcare to Kingston mothers with cancer. This donation will support the organization’s first expansion outside of the Greater Toronto Area.

Over five years, for a scholarship fund for undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in the Bharti School of Engineering.

For the Close to Home campaign to create Saskatoon’s first hospice facility.

For the most urgent equipment needs. The Margaret Hasenfratz Women’s and Children’s Health Care Centre; The Linamar Paediatrics Unit. The gift is the largest Guelph General has received to date.

To create an endowment fund with a scholarship program to financially assist hospital personnel
undertaking professional development courses. The gift was made in memory of Florence Yong, a long time day patient.

For the DeGroote School of Business. The gift will help construct a new building to house undergraduate business education which will offer an interdisciplinary approach to teaching with a new curriculum and multiple faculties studying together. McLean Centre for Collaborative Discovery. The new interdisciplinary focus was a key motivation behind the donation.

To support the construction of the new Vancouver Art Gallery complex. Chan Family Centre for the Visual Arts. Christian Chan is on the VAG’s board of trustees. He is the son of Caleb Chan, co-founder and CEO of Burrard International Holdings.

Over three years, to support the Library’s homelessness initiative, the Open Window Hub. For its first year of funding, the library will provide training in mental-health first aid, invest in interns with master’s degrees in social work, and fund items and services in high demand, such as hygiene kits and Presto cards.

For the Choice and Partnership Approach, a program to help reduce wait times and improve access to mental health care.

To support programs and services. The gift came from employee contributions which Vale matched at 50%. Since 1982, Vale and United Steelworkers have raised $18.5 million for the United Way.

For the Centre for Research and Intervention on Suicide, Ethical Issues and End-of-Life Practices (CRISE). The donation will be used to develop a project aimed at preventing suicide by using digital communications tools.

To help construct the new centre. The anonymous donor is matching all gifts made to the organization up to $200,000.

To expand mental health services for children, youth and their families throughout Manitoba. The organization is based in Atlantic Canada and has experience providing mental health care to those living in rural areas.

For a new infant monitoring system for the special care nursery at Brantford General Hospital. Among those delivering the donation were club president Ron Rowe Jr., club chair Ron Stinson and Shriners Ron Rowe Sr., Ray Bamsey and Dave Gordon.

For the School of Sustainable Design Engineering. The gift will support innovation in sustainable farming solutions.

For the previously named Vadasz Doctoral Fellowships in Engineering. The gift aims to strengthen Montreal as an engineering and technology hub by attracting top talent and will offer greater financial support to doctoral students. Les Vadasz is a McGill University Engineering alumnus.

For an endowment fund that will provide students with bursaries and a scholarship for the Punjabi Language and Culture program.

For the creation of a hockey program. The gift will help establish the first men’s university hockey team in Montreal.

For the wellness studio as a part of the Shaping Our Future campaign. For the next five years, the studio will be named the BMO Financial Group Wellness Studio.

To help establish the new Saint John Paul II Academy, a Catholic high school. The Kings moved from Seattle to White Rock in 2013.

To help establish the new Saint John Paul II Academy, a Catholic high school.

For new urology equipment. This is the largest donation the organization has received.

To support Health Sciences North’s new Innovation and Learning Centre. This is the largest private donation in Health Science North’s history, as well as the largest private donation to any hospital in Northern Ontario.

To create the Labatt Family Network for Research on the Biology of Depression, dedicated to studying the biological causes of depression. Labatt Family Network for Research on the Biology of Depression. Arthur Labatt’s daughter, Jacquie Labatt, is chair of the campaign cabinet for the department of psychiatry. Arthur Labatt noted that the gift was partly inspired by his own experience with depression nearly 50 years ago.

To create a fund supporting the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences. The fund will provide scholarships in the department, offer training activities and field trips, and help create a new lab. Marie-Victorin Capital Fund, named for a visionary who advocated for the creation of a francophone geology institute in Montreal in the 1930s

For research and training in engineering. Approximately $1.2 million will create two new research chairs, and $545,000 will be used for student scholarships.

For the Building Brighter Futures Bursaries, Scholarships and Awards program, supporting Indigenous students. Indspire is adding to a previous investment.

Over two years, for a new Career Development Plan program. The funds are part of RBC Future Launch, a 10-year, $500-million initiative to help young people gain access and opportunity to the skills, job experience and career networks needed for the future world of work.

To help construct a sports centre at the Lévis campus.

To create virtual centre dedicated to sharing the skills, experience, and knowledge of the CPA profession with all Albertans. Hesje CPA Knowledge Centre.

In support of patients and staff at the provincial psychiatric rehabilitation hospital. The main lobby and central hub of the new SHNB will be known as the Gordon and Jill Rawlinson New Beginnings Centre.

For the campaign to build a new Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Malhotra, an obstetrician, made the gift in memory of her late husband Tilak, who was a pediatrician.

Over three years, to advocate for Israel and Jewish issues on post-secondary campuses. The funds will help hire advocacy professionals to join Hillel teams throughout Ontario.

For phase II of the hospital’s Redevelopment Project.

To support the organization’s $9 million expansion, further allowing it to assist children with mental health issues.

For the establishment of the Métis Endowment Fund which will help increase Métis enrollment and support at SAIT. SAIT has also committed $250,000. At the time of the announcement, $950,000 had been raised for the fund.

For the establishment of the Métis Endowment Fund which will help increase Métis enrollment and support at SAIT. SAIT has also committed $250,000. At the time of the announcement, $950,000 had been raised for the fund.

For the speech pathology unit. Two suites in the speech pathology unit were named after the Northland Barbershop Chorus. The funds have been raised over time, since 1995.

For the Future of Surgery campaign and our Most Urgent Needs fund.The gift was announced at the 2019 Viva Pharmaceutical Time to Shine gala, which raised $5.363 million. 

For a new educational tourist attraction. Desjardin’s community support totalled $94 million in its 2018 fiscal year.

For the construction of a sports centre. Desjardin’s community support totaled $94 million in its 2018 fiscal year.

For the ongoing Indigenous reconciliation process within the school district. This gift is a part of a total of $1 million Ridley Terminals Inc. donated to four communities on British Columbia’s north coast.

To host a women’s leadership conference in Prince Rupert. This gift is a part of a total of $1 million Ridley Terminals Inc. donated to four communities on British Columbia’s north coast.

To upgrade its recreational facility and to do the work needed to re-open the wilderness trail. This gift is a part of a total of $1 million Ridley Terminals Inc. donated to four communities on British Columbia’s north coast.

To support the upgrades front-line trail groups are making to their sections of The Great Trail. Teck previously donated $1 million to the Great Trail in 2012.

For the re-development plan amalgamating the Garden Street site and Charles Street hospital. Larry Vander Baaren is a board member.

For a dementia village project. 

To support rural capital projects across 84 community groups across Canada.

Over five years, for priority needs.

The gift will cover the cost of the new hospice residence’s architectural design. The gift was announced along with a $3 million contribution to QEII Foundation.